Reports say Jensen Huang is considering returning as CEO of Nvidia just days after his resignation

Jensen Huang would be considering returning as CEO of Nvidia just days after resigning from the post over extramarital affairs with a subordinate and an alleged Chinese spy, according to a report by the Financial Times this Sunday. According to sources familiar with the matter, Huang would have spoken with several people close to him about the possibility of returning, even as the chipmaker's own board of directors maintains an investigation into the conduct that triggered a leadership crisis at the company. One of the allies of the Taiwanese-American businessman and engineer told the outlet that they were creating a "war room" with Silicon Valley executives to push for the return of the former Nvidia chief and that they would try to secure the support of the White House. "Everyone who matters in the tech world outside the frontier labs loves Jensen," the source said, adding that the efforts had the support of Huang himself. According to the British outlet, a public campaign to reinstate the former chief executive gained momentum over the weekend, with its main tool being an open letter demanding that Nvidia's board "bring Jensen back." It was backed by figures such as Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, as well as several employees of the tech company who have shown fierce loyalty to Huang and made public their requests for his return in the days following his resignation. The Financial Times also noted that the attempt to reinstate the chief executive is likely to face opposition from prominent lawmakers and officials in Washington, including U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who called for a "drastic reorganization" of the company's leadership following Huang's departure. The former Nvidia chief and the alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang. Photo: Archive. Technology / La Tercera The report comes two days after the same newspaper reported that Nvidia's board of directors had reached out to René Haas, CEO of Arm — a British chipmaker — as a possible successor. However, the governing board stated that no formal process has yet begun. That same Friday, two shareholders of the chip company, Brad Gerstner of Altimeter Capital and Gavin Baker of Atreides Management, published an open letter to the board urging them to keep "all options on the table, including the possible return of Jensen Huang." They also cited "the extraordinary success of Jensen Huang's leadership over a long period of time and the enormous uncertainty associated with the recent events surrounding his departure" as reasons to forgive him. Huang resigned last Thursday following revelations of his extramarital affairs, including one with the alleged Chinese spy Alice Huang, which raised questions about Nvidia's exports of advanced AI chips to China.